The Heavy Hitters list recognized faculty who demonstrate a high level of student interaction within RIT’s online course management system, myCourses. Heavy Hitters may use myCourses to teach online, blended, or on-campus courses.

To calculate the Heavy Hitters list, interaction within myCourses was averaged by the number of people in the class. Interaction includes:

News announcements and calendar items

Messages posted in online discussions

Number of chat rooms created

Feedback left in the dropbox

Public and private comments left in the grade book

While a high rank in this metric does not necessarily mean that excellent teaching and learning occurs in the course, we believe that there is a high correlation between interaction and quality instruction.